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Friday, 14 May 2010

Runaway train

It does. It has. 40 plus weeks of pregnancy have come and gone in a ridiculous flash, Mango is here and about to turn 12 weeks old.

Twelve bloody weeks old, in no time at all we’ve gone from measuring her existence in minutes, hours, or even days, to dozens of weeks. Months.

She still stares exactly as she did that very first time, that kind of unwavering, uncompromising stare that actors try to perfect in order to be dubbed 'the new Pacino'. For the rest, she’s constantly changing, evolving.

What strikes me most is her independence. That may sound ridiculous of someone who needs changing and feeding, but it’s her spark that’s independent, her spirit.

As long as someone is there to tend to her, she’s fine, she’s happy. She doesn’t need us, yet we couldn’t live without her, and my adult brain can’t quite get itself around that infant inspired realisation.

It comes down to this, she doesn’t know or care about what it took to get her here, she owes us nothing, and neither should she. The weight of what went before is for us to carry, not her.

At 12 weeks old she has probably already needed us as much as she ever will as a child. Depressingly, but rightly, as it should be.

Know what you mean! My eldest turned 6 yesterday (13.05.2010) and im amazed at where the time went. Enjoy your little Sanne while you can cause before you know it she will be a beautiful independent young lady who will go her own way! YOLANDE, SOUTH AFRICA

Its our job as parents to do ourselves out of the job.ie raise independent souls who can live and function without us!I look at the faces of my now 38, 36, 32, and 30 year old children, some with their own children and think that we didn't do such a bad job with them.But sometimes it hurts that they don't need us as they once did.

Agreed. Everyone says it and it's true. Emily will be one in a few weeks! My advice is to take photos and videos if you can. I've been taking videos every few weeks and it's fantastic to sit and watch them and watch how she used to be!

Oh no Mango's dad, make no mistake about it, your daughter already thorougly knows and trusts and appreciates you and her mum completely! She can already distinguish between yourselves and others in the way you and they make her feel. Your voices, faces, smell and touch; i.e. the unique ways in which you and her mum pick her up, talk to her, cuddle, feed and tend her, is associated with good, safe and happy feelings... (watch her kick with excitement and grin when she sees you peeking at her - unless of course she's hungry and then it's every parent for themselves). Whereas other folk, although good intentioned with their smiles and 'goo-goo' talk and nice but different feeling cuddles, are only an interesting diversion for the little lass. She already knows that you and her Mum are the folk that really matter to her!!!!!That's baby love daddyo - and it will grow more every day.Until she reaches puberty of course - and then, well - may the Force be with you...*gulp*......

Silly you...right now, her toes are endlessly amusing, but in 6 months, you will be required to act foolishly for her entertainment. Then she will need you to read her stories. You will hear "Play with me, Daddy" as if on an endless loop. This is just a little preview of what it will be like when she's a teenager, but without the attitude! (The attitude starts growing in around age 3.) But please, enjoy every minute, because it is a runaway train.

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